Tuvalu - Rural population growth

Rural population growth (annual %)

The value for Rural population growth (annual %) in Tuvalu was -1.03 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4.25 in 1978 and a minimum value of -1.37 in 2013.

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1961 -0.47
1962 -0.50
1963 -0.68
1964 -0.50
1965 -0.11
1966 0.11
1967 0.57
1968 0.75
1969 0.45
1970 0.34
1971 -0.40
1972 -0.65
1973 -0.41
1974 0.45
1975 1.66
1976 3.06
1977 4.01
1978 4.25
1979 3.57
1980 2.46
1981 1.30
1982 0.33
1983 -0.17
1984 -0.48
1985 -0.17
1986 -0.35
1987 -0.32
1988 -0.22
1989 -0.39
1990 -0.81
1991 -1.10
1992 -0.27
1993 0.21
1994 0.00
1995 -0.31
1996 -0.54
1997 -0.62
1998 -0.70
1999 -0.63
2000 -0.24
2001 0.14
2002 0.45
2003 -0.20
2004 -0.47
2005 -0.73
2006 -0.86
2007 -1.11
2008 -1.20
2009 -1.22
2010 -1.19
2011 -1.27
2012 -1.20
2013 -1.37
2014 -1.21
2015 -1.16
2016 -1.12
2017 -1.09
2018 -1.03
2019 -0.93
2020 -1.03

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization